cross
n
1 [C]
(a) mark made by drawing one line across another, eg x or + 十字形或叉形記號(如或+)
The place is marked on the map with a cross. 那個地方在地圖上以十字形記號標出.
make one's cross, ie put a cross on a document instead of one's signature, eg if one cannot write 畫十字, 畫押(在文件上畫個十字代替簽名, 如文盲之所為).
(b) line or stroke forming part of a letter, eg the horizontal stroke on a `t' (字母中的)一橫(如t中的橫線).
2
(a) the Cross [sing]
the frame made of a long vertical piece of wood with a shorter horizontal piece joined to it near the top, on which Christ was crucified (基督被釘死在上面的)十字架.
(b) [C] thing representing this, as a Christian emblem (作為基督徒標記的)十字架模型
She wore a small silver cross on a chain round her neck. 她脖子上戴著項鏈, 上面掛著個銀的小十字架. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page viii.
(c) [C] thing, esp a monument, in the form of a cross, eg a stone one in a village market-place 十字形物品(尤指紀念物, 如鄉村市集上的十字形紀念石碑).
(d) [C usu sing 通常作單數]
cross-shaped sign made with the right hand as a Christian religious act 畫十字的動作(用右手比劃, 為基督徒的宗教行為)
The priest made a cross over her head. 牧師在她頭上畫了一個十字.
(e) the Cross [sing]
(fig 比喻) the Christian religion 基督教
the Cross and the Crescent, ie Christianity and Islam 基督教與伊斯蘭教.
3 (usu 通常作 Cross) [C]
small cross-shaped piece of metal awarded as a medal for courage, etc (為表彰英勇行為等而授予的)十字勛章
the Victoria Cross 維多利亞十字勛章
the Distinguished Service Cross 優異服務十字勛章.
4 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
~ (between A and B)
(a) animal or plant that is the offspring of different breeds or varieties (動物或植物的)雜交品種, 混合種
A mule is a cross between a horse and an ass. 騾是馬和驢交配而生的雜種.
(b) (fig 比喻) mixture of two different things (兩種不同物的)混合物
a play that is a cross between farce and tragedy 把鬧劇和悲劇結合成 一體的戲.
5 [C] source of sorrow, worry, etc; problem 悲哀、 苦惱等的根源; 問題
We all have our crosses to bear. 每個人都有苦難需要承受.
6 (idm 習語) cut sth on the `cross cut cloth, etc diagonally 把布等對角剪開.
cross v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn]
~ (over) (from sth/to sth) go across; pass or extend from one side to the other side of (sth) 橫穿
The river is too deep; we can't cross (over). 河太深, 我們過不去.
cross from Dover to Calais 從多佛橫渡到加來
cross a road, a river, a bridge, a desert, the sea, the mountains 過馬路、 過河、 過橋、 穿過沙漠、 越過大海、 翻過高山
Electricity cables cross the valley. 電纜跨過山谷.
2
(a) [I] pass across each other 交叉
The roads cross just outside the village. T.
(fig 比喻) Our paths crossed (ie We met by chance) several times. 我們碰上好幾次了.
(b) [I, Tn no passive 不用於被動語態]
(of people travelling, letters in the post) meet and pass (each other) (指行人)對面而過; (指郵寄中的信件)互相錯過
We crossed each other on the way. 我們在途中對臉而過.
Our letters crossed in the post. 我們的信在郵寄途中錯過去了.
3 [Tn] put or place (sth) across or over sth else of the same type 使(某物)交叉
cross one's legs, ie place one leg over the other, esp at the thighs 盤腿
cross one's arms on one's chest 交叉兩臂於胸前
a flag with a design of two crossed keys 有兩把鑰匙相交叉圖案的旗幟
a crossed line, ie interruption of a telephone call be...
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與cranky類似,彎曲的,與十字的都是脾氣不好
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*[kr?s]n. 十字架, 十字架形物件, 交叉, 十字標, 交叉路, 磨難, 雜交a. 生氣的, 交叉的, 相反的vt. 交叉, 橫過, 越過vi. 交叉, 橫過, 越過【計】 交叉, 十字標【醫】 十字, 十字形; 交叉的, 交互的, 逆反的相關詞組: get sth on the cross run cross to be at cross-purposes cross sth out bear one's cross be cross with sb be cross at sth as cross as two sticks on the cross